Creating a Safe Space for Young Professionals to Thrive, with Julia Hart - MS009
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Release Date: 06/12/2019
Hoe gaat het echt met jou? (een gesprek over mentale gezondheid)
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Welkom bij deze speciale aflevering over European Mental Health Week (13-19 mei 2024). In een klein kwartier vertelt Marlies Zegelaar over haar mentale worstelingen en hoe die haar hebben gevormd tot de persoon die ze nu is. Na een loopbaan in onder andere de communicatiesector werkt Marlies sinds enkele jaren met veel plezier als taaldocent op het mbo. Door haar verhaal te delen, wil Marlies bijdragen aan de normalisering en de-stigmatisering van mentale kwetsbaarheden. Ook hoopt zij, en ik met haar, dat we anderen kunnen inspireren om hierover met elkaar in gesprek te gaan. Note to English...
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Introducing The Happy Investor
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Here's a short episode about what I've been up to and what you can expect from me going forward. The biggest news is that I'm launching a new show: The Happy Investor, a podcast about leadership and personal development for people in the asset management and investment industry. To listen, go to:
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Thuiswerkers, kom los van je Teams-scherm (Dutch)
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
[Bonus episode in Dutch] Bram van den Hoogen deelt zijn ervaringen en lessen als thuiswerkende manager van het compacte marketing- en communicatieteam van de Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM). Hoe communiceer je op afstand met je team en andere collega’s? En hoe kun je als communicatieteam op afstand je voelsprieten uitsteken en zorgen dat je op tijd bij projecten wordt betrokken? In de afgelopen acht maanden leerde Bram als thuiswerkende manager belangrijke lessen. Zijn oproep: ga niet gelijk naar de inhoud, maar maak eerst contact met de mens. En: plak niet zo vast aan je...
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Ron Ashkenas on Coaching Effectiveness
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
“The purpose of an organization isn’t to make leaders feel good about themselves and make their subordinates feel like ‘gee, I’ve got a really nice leader, I like that person’. The purpose of an organization is to get something done.” Ron Ashkenas is a seasoned executive coach and boardroom advisor and the author or co-author of more than 100 articles and five books, including the ‘Harvard Business Review Leader’s Handbook’. You might have already listened to episode 20 in which Ron and I discuss the six practices that define great leaders and the challenges they are facing...
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What Makes a Great Leader? (with Ron Ashkenas)
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
What is leadership, how is it different from management and what does it take to succeed as a leader in today’s virtual environment? My guest on this episode is Ron Ashkenas, an executive coach and boardroom advisor with more than 35 years of experience in supporting leadership growth and organizational transformation. He’s a Partner Emeritus at Schaffer Consulting and the author or co-author of more than 100 articles and five books, including the ‘Harvard Business Review Leader’s Handbook’ and the ‘GE Work-Out’. This conversation consists of three parts: In the first 10 minutes...
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Exploring Bias, with Chaya Mistry
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Wikipedia defines bias as “disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair.” In this episode, fellow communication coach Chaya Mistry and I explore this important topic and how it affects our ability to lead, communicate and build human connections. Contrary to what many people might think, bias is not just about race or gender. It relates to any human attribute such a person’s height, fitness, clothing, pronunciation, writing skills and even the car he or she drives. Within milliseconds of being exposed to...
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REPLAY - The Preparation Paradox: High-Stakes Meetings with David Rudolf, The Staircase
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Summer break! Time to replay one of my most downloaded episodes. In 2018, I invited David Rudolf onto the show because of the communication excellence he demonstrated as Michael Peterson's attorney in 'The Staircase' on Netflix. But when listening to our conversation again nearly two years later, I'm equally impressed by David's personal leadership. He has a strong sense of purpose (fighting the Abuse of Power), he's very open about his strengths and weaknesses and how they impact others (sometimes it almost seems like he's citing a 'How to Handle Me' memo) and he's well tuned into his...
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How to Talk About Race, with Kwame Christian
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Kwame Christian, the author of 'Finding Confidence in Conflict', talks about the role of leaders in tackling systemic racism and inequality in our societies. This episode can be broken up in two parts: In the first 14 minutes or so, we discuss Kwame's personal story, his view on the Black Lives Matter movement and his own experiences with systemic racism. In the second part, we focus on the role of leadership and how to have conversations about race in the workplace. Visit the show notes for more information: To learn more about Kwame's work, go to
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Weaving Coaching into Your Leadership, with Michael Bungay Stanier
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Michael Bungay Stanier, the best-selling author of ‘The Coaching Habit’, returns to the show to talk about how to blend coaching into your lifestyle. Coaching is the most underutilized leadership skill, but it can be highly effective in engaging and empowering employees – and making sure that the right people are working on the right things. Of course, we also discuss Michael's latest book ‘The Advice Trap’. Most of us are hardwired to add value to each conversation and offer our advice without being asked. And why not? Our knowledge helped us rise through the ranks and is one of the...
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Personal Leadership in Crisis: Lessons from Nanco Vrijland [English]
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
How do you keep making your own choices and following your own path when external forces are pulling you in all directions? My guest on this episode is no one less than my wife, Marlies Zegelaar. Let me explain this. A few weeks back, I released my first-ever episode in my native language Dutch. My guest on that episode was Nanco Vrijland, an executive coach and the founder of Coachcenter in The Hague - the coaching school where I received my training as a professional coach. In our conversation, Nanco shared many powerful lessons on how to deal with uncertainty and live a more examined...
info_outlineOne of the biggest challenges for modern-day leaders is to find and engage top talent. On this episode, executive coach and communication professional Julia Hart reflects on how leaders can neutralize their power and create a safe space for their youngest employees to speak up and give their best.
Julia has worked in corporates including Philips, AkzoNobel and Liberty Global for more than 25 years. Last year she published her first book ‘Insider Secrets', which is packed with interesting insights and practical tips to help young professionals succeed in a corporate environment. This includes navigating office politics, dealing with your manager and, most importantly, dealing with yourself.
For more information and links related to this episode, please go to the full show notes at www.meetingstrategist.org/julia-hart
Here are some of the episode’s highlights with timestamps:
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6:31 – How young professionals, especially women, tend to give people a reason not to listen to them
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20:30 – Using the meta mirror exercise to help young professionals look through someone else’s lenses and deal more effectively with power
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26:31 – What leaders can do to take their power out of the room
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32:46 – Julia reflecting on her experiences of powerplay in meetings and the long-term negative impact on an organization’s culture
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41:17 – What coaches can do to neutralize their (expert) power
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48:02 – How leaders can make the lives of young professionals easier
About this podcast
Welcome to Meeting Strategist. On this podcast, Marcel van de Hoef interviews professionals and thinkers from the worlds of investment, business and arts about their approach to business conversations. You'll hear inspiring stories about impactful meetings, while also learning about the strategies, tactics and mindsets these guests rely on to make meetings more constructive.
Marcel is an Amsterdam-based communication advisor and trainer and the curator of the Meeting Strategist blog. His mission is to help senior professionals think more strategically about meetings, ask better questions, improve their listening skills and have more meaningful conversations in business and life. Learn more and stay up to date at meetingstrategist.org